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and turkey so as we see this and high school it across the whole region in the united states who believed creator of this film nakoula basseley has been taken in by american authorities for questioning now he has said that he does not look great making this film although he does with great loss of life but we are hearing that he is considering releasing the full version of the film certainly the demonstrations here in cairo have lost momentum right now it is essentially a mop up operation but as i'm speaking to you he speaks he is all still cleaning up the degree of the gospel rocks in the stones that are left over from the last few days of fighting the united states and egypt are traditionally close pocket as it does seem as if this relationship is very rocky at the moment the last word we heard from president barack obama is that he does not consider egypt and i while at the same time he does not consider them an enemy. dr. dean of the school of international affairs believes people should search deeper fooled the root cause of the protests. but through district on the road in australia
and turkey so as we see this and high school it across the whole region in the united states who believed creator of this film nakoula basseley has been taken in by american authorities for questioning now he has said that he does not look great making this film although he does with great loss of life but we are hearing that he is considering releasing the full version of the film certainly the demonstrations here in cairo have lost momentum right now it is essentially a mop up operation but...
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that the response from the united states was late? >> obama, all of your government, it was very late. >> reporter: so all of this is because the response was late? but there was little time for interviews. we should turn around here. the police are charging. >> you see what happened, what -- just -- the egyptian government is doing with the egyptian people because -- because of the americans. >> reporter: there were demonstrations today in nearly 40 cities across the region and beyond. but as bad as it looks, the demonstrations were generally small. but in what will have implications for security worldwide, the extremists have found a weak spot to attack a super power they believe is responsible for an offense against islam. and radicals, brian, are still looking for other soft targets. today, they attacked a u.n. outpost here in egypt, and several american chain restaurants in the region. brian? >> interesting to watch this throughout the weekend, richard engel in cairo, thank you, and we're getting a first look at what happened ins
that the response from the united states was late? >> obama, all of your government, it was very late. >> reporter: so all of this is because the response was late? but there was little time for interviews. we should turn around here. the police are charging. >> you see what happened, what -- just -- the egyptian government is doing with the egyptian people because -- because of the americans. >> reporter: there were demonstrations today in nearly 40 cities across the...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben wedeman is back in cairo. it seems that this weekend there seems to be a cooling of heads to a certain degree in egypt. is that what you're seeing, ben? >> certainly among the leaders of the muslim brotherhood and in the administration of the egyptian president, there is an attempt to calm down the situation rhetorically. and certainly we've seen in messages conveyed by leaders of the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian president, they're trying to send a message of reassurance to washington. but at the same time they're kind of walking a tight rope between washington and the street he
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> violent protests across the muslim world this week, sparked by a low budget movie by a mystery film maker. the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben...
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klutzy do not have the government of the united states trying to appease a mob. the mob was on it's way. >> that's not the last word. we will have more on the middle east. >> the administration sent mixed signals to those attacked our embassy. egypt and to the world. >> "the wall street journal" says the u.s. is perceived as a declining power. as the perception spreads, the world's bad actors are asserting themselves to fill a vacuum and american interests will become targets unless the trend is reversed. those moms in the middle east and a declining power. colby, do you agree? >> they were responding to what they saw as an insult to the prophet mohammad. you have people exploiting the situation. perhaps this happened in libya, but they've were bent on doing exactly what they did. >> was this plan that? -- was this planned? >>there is some evidence that it was planned. >> but it's no 9/11. >> we have to get all the facts right. this has been really confusing. we did not know if the ambassador was actually killed. the first report it was outside in a car bomb. the
klutzy do not have the government of the united states trying to appease a mob. the mob was on it's way. >> that's not the last word. we will have more on the middle east. >> the administration sent mixed signals to those attacked our embassy. egypt and to the world. >> "the wall street journal" says the u.s. is perceived as a declining power. as the perception spreads, the world's bad actors are asserting themselves to fill a vacuum and american interests will...
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calm the united states has beefed up its security and this is a mission that has reinforcements to the capital yemenite. at the same time the quest to send the snow we see the capital city. one subject by authorities there they say that they can deal with the security situation by themselves from libya we are hearing and of course this is where the american ambassador and three . that high ranking u.s. stock in the state will someday be clearing that for a grace has been made we have no information at this stage as to the identities of those are wasted but we are hearing that an announcement regarding reserve race will be made soon both the united states and libyan authorities are pointing at al qaida they say that the attack has the fingerprints of al qaida and al-qaeda has released a statement and although it doesn't take responsibility directly for this attack in benghazi it has said that the attack was in response to the killing of all kind is the number two by u.s. drones at the same time we're also hearing that the f.b.i. has to spend a visit to libya to deal with the investigati
calm the united states has beefed up its security and this is a mission that has reinforcements to the capital yemenite. at the same time the quest to send the snow we see the capital city. one subject by authorities there they say that they can deal with the security situation by themselves from libya we are hearing and of course this is where the american ambassador and three . that high ranking u.s. stock in the state will someday be clearing that for a grace has been made we have no...
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he was probably very very tough with him: sympathetic to the united states. some of them are in the security forces. theoretical power. very top power. if power directed by president obama at any muslim nation. including iran. >> he stepped up the drone attacks in pakistan. >> bill: that's against terrorists, not against the governments. >> it was definitely against the public opinion in pakistan. it was a very tough stance. kazmierczaked a lot of friction with the government. >> what could pakistan possibly do. i'm glad you mentioned pakistan. >> that is one of the areas. >> wait, wait, wait. >> seal raid. it took out usama bin laden. >> bill: i always have. drones i give them credit for and the raid. pakistan puts the guy who made the raid possible. the doctor in prison for 33 years. that is spitting in our eye. what do we do about that? nothing? a lot of issues behind the scene and under the table. >> in the case of pakistan. there is a lot of pushing and shoving that you don't see. there is lots of action going back and forth across that border. >> so we
he was probably very very tough with him: sympathetic to the united states. some of them are in the security forces. theoretical power. very top power. if power directed by president obama at any muslim nation. including iran. >> he stepped up the drone attacks in pakistan. >> bill: that's against terrorists, not against the governments. >> it was definitely against the public opinion in pakistan. it was a very tough stance. kazmierczaked a lot of friction with the government....
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may god continue to bless the united states of america. let's we have a great honor of the injured -- let me have a great honor of introducing someone who came to the state department earlier this week to grieve with us. he understands and values the work that these men were doing for our country. the president of the united states. >> the scripture teaches us greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. glen doherty never shied from adventure. he believed he could make a difference. he served with distinction in iraq and afghanistan. in benghazi, he laid down his life. today, glen is home. tyrone woods devoted 20 years of his life to the seals. the quiet professional. rone also served in iraq and afghanistan. in benghazi, he was far from dorothy and tyrone jr. and he laid down his life, protecting his friends. today, he is home. sean smith live to serve, first in the air force and then at the state department. he knew the perils of his calling from his time in baghdad. in benghazi, he surely thought of
may god continue to bless the united states of america. let's we have a great honor of the injured -- let me have a great honor of introducing someone who came to the state department earlier this week to grieve with us. he understands and values the work that these men were doing for our country. the president of the united states. >> the scripture teaches us greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. glen doherty never shied from adventure. he...
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just a thought, if you are the president of the united states. >> yeah. well, the arab spring, 18 months ago, which the president encouraged and supported throughout is being hijacked by islamic militants militants and fundamentalists. in the crowd, it was like the royal fam leave al qaeda, the brother of the head of al qaeda, and the two nephews of the blind sheikh, this was organized. this is part of a plan. flow what has happened is a country, after could you want reafter country, it is caught on like wildfire, this is not the end of it. you are going to start seeing americans expected. americans harmed. we have-- >>> what will be -- this is the thing, what will be -- you know, the administration -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: proud of our foreign policy. then they said, of course, this is not directed at america. my question is, this happened on 9/11. we have learned, this protest, in spite what have they claim is a youtube video has been planned since august. it's 9/11, a day of great significance, as it relates to the terrorist world, why was th
just a thought, if you are the president of the united states. >> yeah. well, the arab spring, 18 months ago, which the president encouraged and supported throughout is being hijacked by islamic militants militants and fundamentalists. in the crowd, it was like the royal fam leave al qaeda, the brother of the head of al qaeda, and the two nephews of the blind sheikh, this was organized. this is part of a plan. flow what has happened is a country, after could you want reafter country, it...
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primarily in the united states, but in other parts of the world as well. that is going to be a target in the future for budget cutters simply because they do not have the lobby influence that military personnel do when you talk about cutting military strength. you can talk to members of congress on the hill. the civilians do not have the same amount of experience. it is not quite as clear to people what dod civilians are doing. i knew -- i know from having worked with them that they do a lot of great work. it ranges from everything to mowing the grass to overseeing billion dollar acquisition programs. could you trim that number? of course. if you cut too far, you risk getting -- not getting the job done. sequestration is an interesting one. the obama administration has indicated they submitted a letter to congress say if sequestration happens, they will use their authority under the law to exempt military personnel. no one in the military will lose their jobs and their pay will not be cut. its assets will not be cut with the exception of health care. a lar
primarily in the united states, but in other parts of the world as well. that is going to be a target in the future for budget cutters simply because they do not have the lobby influence that military personnel do when you talk about cutting military strength. you can talk to members of congress on the hill. the civilians do not have the same amount of experience. it is not quite as clear to people what dod civilians are doing. i knew -- i know from having worked with them that they do a lot of...
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. >> reporter: the question is whether the united states underestimated the threat from hostile groups here. one security libyan official told me he met with officials three days before the attack took place. he says he warned them not for the first time that security in benghazi was deteriorating. he said, "we told the americans the situation was frightening. it scares us." the ambassador, too, seems to be aware of the general threat from islamist militants, but no one anticipated the terrible violence that would take his life and the life of three other americans on tuesday night. arwa damon, cnn, benghazi, libya. >>> we have also seen several days of mass protests and demonstrations in egypt, but egyptian security forces there have cracked down arresting more than 140,000 protesters. let's bring in ian lee. half the protests there let up in the capital? >> well, randi, it seems to be over now. earlier this morning the police with the heavy, heavy presence pushed the protesters away from the u.s. embassy, forcing them to tahrir square and from there they pushed them out of the square
. >> reporter: the question is whether the united states underestimated the threat from hostile groups here. one security libyan official told me he met with officials three days before the attack took place. he says he warned them not for the first time that security in benghazi was deteriorating. he said, "we told the americans the situation was frightening. it scares us." the ambassador, too, seems to be aware of the general threat from islamist militants, but no one...
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it is never too early for the united states government to condemn attacks on americans and defend our values. i think it is a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values, that instead, when our grounds are being attacked and being breached that the first response to the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. >> there is no space between this talk and what we heard from sarah palin in the campaign four years ago. catch her act. >> we see an america of exceptionalism. yes, usa, usa. our opponent is someone who sees america as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country. >> this gets back to you, ron. it seems to me you have hit something here. instead of leading, he is shrinking down into something smaller than he began to campaign as. i can be a crazy too. i can be a fringy too. i can talk like sarah palin. that seems to be the language it takes to win a republican constituency. it is sad to watch somebody get smaller as the campaign goes on reaching down to the people that think small and think
it is never too early for the united states government to condemn attacks on americans and defend our values. i think it is a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values, that instead, when our grounds are being attacked and being breached that the first response to the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. >> there is no space between this talk and what we heard from sarah palin in the campaign four years ago. catch her act....
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they were killed four days ago in an attack on the united states consulate in benghazi. arwa damon got inside that building. it's now burned out and has the most complete picture that she's about to bring us of the violence from that night and the warning that came days before. >> amid the ash, soot, and debr debris, remnants of a life that was. and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stain the walls. what is now a blackened ruin was a pleasant compound in an upscale benghazi neighborhood. libyan officials say tuesday night's attack was planned by islamist militants and quickly overwhelmed the libyan and american guards. the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards that was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened sim simultaneously from three different directions. he said he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and suddenly, the gun fire, the rocket propelled grenades and other heavy machine gun fire all began attac
they were killed four days ago in an attack on the united states consulate in benghazi. arwa damon got inside that building. it's now burned out and has the most complete picture that she's about to bring us of the violence from that night and the warning that came days before. >> amid the ash, soot, and debr debris, remnants of a life that was. and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stain the walls. what is now a...
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it's like the wild west was in the united states years ago. there are people who have open trucks with machine guns and weapons on them all the time t. would be very easy for people who were -- who were fighting the government at one time and qaddafi and they would -- they all have weapons. that's part of the concern. it's a very young government, starting out. and there is not -- their police and their -- they're not trained. they are not trained to do what they need to do to protect people. >> greta: do you have a sense that the killers, that let's go in there and we will kill whoever is there, or did you get the sense, let's kill the ambassador? >> i think once they realized the protest was there, that the people were sophisticated enough with the ammunition that they had that they were going to do damage to whoever was in there. the ambassador died of smoke inhalation because of the fire -- >> greta: he wasn't tortured. >> from my understanding, he wasn't tortured. that's what we know at this point. but -- whether or not they knew he was i
it's like the wild west was in the united states years ago. there are people who have open trucks with machine guns and weapons on them all the time t. would be very easy for people who were -- who were fighting the government at one time and qaddafi and they would -- they all have weapons. that's part of the concern. it's a very young government, starting out. and there is not -- their police and their -- they're not trained. they are not trained to do what they need to do to protect people....
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is egypt an ally of the united states? >> well, they certainly have been and given the amount of money and the military and military training and the special economic relationship we share with egypt, it certainly would suggest that they are an ally. we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a significant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united states really needs to reconsider the amount of money we're pumping into that country. >> so, you think if it becomes more transactional, this discussion, aid is about $3 billion a year to egypt, that should be on the table. >> of course it should on the table. any of the aid money, whether it's military or non military, needs to be based upon certain milestones and accomplishments we're able to make within the bilateral relationship. >> hogan diddley served for rick santorum's presidential campaign. doug wilson was the former assistant secreta
is egypt an ally of the united states? >> well, they certainly have been and given the amount of money and the military and military training and the special economic relationship we share with egypt, it certainly would suggest that they are an ally. we've got some agreements with respect to the overall relationship with israel. where egypt playing a significant role and if they're not willing to continue that, that would suggest we're entering a new era, and one in which the united...
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a vote the united states government has simply ignored. the validity of the program is questioned by not only foreign governments by american civilians. american civil liberties union is taking the government to court over targeted killings. oral arguments in the circuit court begin on this case next week. aclu legal expert sees it, the president has created a bureaucratized killing program that will be available to every future president and against every future enemy or purported enemy. right now, the current purported enemy is broader than it was eight years ago. there's been a shift in targets from al qaeda leadership to taliban foot soldiers. under george w. bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned ab
a vote the united states government has simply ignored. the validity of the program is questioned by not only foreign governments by american civilians. american civil liberties union is taking the government to court over targeted killings. oral arguments in the circuit court begin on this case next week. aclu legal expert sees it, the president has created a bureaucratized killing program that will be available to every future president and against every future enemy or purported enemy. right...
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some nation has to lead the rest of the world in trying and that would be the united states. it isn't going to just happen on its own. somebody has to exercise leadership. >> meanwhile, the other big event this week is the argument, public argument between israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the united states over how firmly to draw so-called red lines against iran's nuclear program. it was an hour long phone call one evening this week between netanyahu and obama seemed to have calmed the latest furor down. what message does that send to our foes in the middle east that we're fighting with our allies. >> and we've never had a contentious relationship with the israelis that we have right now. and as we treat israel, you know, the foes say this is not a country serious about being the leader of the world and it is, a lot of people in this country think that the power on the decline in the region and the message is that we're not willing to step up into a role in that world and sort of shape an outcome more conducive to peace and prosperity. would not seem, mary, to
some nation has to lead the rest of the world in trying and that would be the united states. it isn't going to just happen on its own. somebody has to exercise leadership. >> meanwhile, the other big event this week is the argument, public argument between israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the united states over how firmly to draw so-called red lines against iran's nuclear program. it was an hour long phone call one evening this week between netanyahu and obama seemed to...
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no more united states what is the mission a first is have an opening to do this today should have made similar with me hearing from them that they believe that this has all the telltale signs kind of a need is incredibly volatile across the region with the demonstrations today saturday. reporting right there from cairo well it all to dot com team is working twenty four seven to bring you the latest news from the arab world as well as a great pitchers on the expert analysis with posting the latest updates there live right as they come in and there's now a time line of showing exactly how the situation is developing. los angeles police interviews the suspected director of the american made and t.v. muslim film which triggered the pan out of breath of the islamic art rest on our website our team talk. it's good to have you with us here on oxy today washington has deployed its marines across the arab world to protect u.s. missions while the white house struggles to contain this fallout america's leadership has condemned this film and stressed it has nothing to do with it but it's not his g
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with regard to the united states obviously what we see is a widening of this violence. i have no idea in order to project how wide it would go in the next few weeks. >> kelly: what should our foreign policy be right now? what can the obama administration do right now? >> a, we need to protect every single interest that we have and be conscious that this could happen again. b, we need to be very firm with president morsi in egypt and ask him not just through statement, but dismantle those networks pan work with the libyan government, a secular government to go after al-qaeda and disarm the islamic, and these are moves i would suggest. >> kelly: hopefully people are paying attention in washington. thank you for your perspective. >> thank you for having me. >> kelly: thank you. >> jamie: well, hundreds of workers are about to lose their jobs. they're making u.s. military uniforms right now, but the jobs aren't getting outsourced overseas. they're headed to federal prison where inmates will get paid to do the work instead of private businesses. elizabeth prann has the detai
with regard to the united states obviously what we see is a widening of this violence. i have no idea in order to project how wide it would go in the next few weeks. >> kelly: what should our foreign policy be right now? what can the obama administration do right now? >> a, we need to protect every single interest that we have and be conscious that this could happen again. b, we need to be very firm with president morsi in egypt and ask him not just through statement, but dismantle...
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the united states is the world's largest donor of foreign aid. given as -- giving as much as $50 billion every single year. a programming note for you tomorrow on "state of the union," israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu talks about escalating tensions with iran and strength of the u.s./israeli relationship. exclusive interview with nancy pelosi. that's on reque"state of the un tomorrow. make sure you watch that. >>> public breast-feeding battles have been waged for years now. for decades really. but one feeding that just happened has raised quite a few eyebrows. >>> breast-feeding 101. it is not a class offered at many universities. when one proposer began breast-feeding her child during class it did more than stray from the syllabus. cnn's lisa sylvester reports. >> reporter: the single mom normally leaves her daughter lee at a washington daycare while at work. but on the first day of fall classes, her 11-month-old daughter woke up with a slight fever. >> i didn't have any emergency daycare. and i couldn't bring her to the regular daycare
the united states is the world's largest donor of foreign aid. given as -- giving as much as $50 billion every single year. a programming note for you tomorrow on "state of the union," israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu talks about escalating tensions with iran and strength of the u.s./israeli relationship. exclusive interview with nancy pelosi. that's on reque"state of the un tomorrow. make sure you watch that. >>> public breast-feeding battles have been waged...
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this is a huge issue for the united states. we do not have allies in that part of the region and we need them. >> do you think that we could become isolationists by reason of this worldwide phenomenon? if that is what it is? >> we cannot afford to lose that region, in this sense. >> no. >> john we've lost it. antiamericanism is pandemic throughout that region. the polls show americans are disliked, detested, hated. >> that is not new. >> but what i'm saying is when you have got a simple, stupid video that can ignite this whole thing, we ought to realize that that is there and pull back for heaven's sakes. we can't alter or change the mind set of these people. east is east and west is west and never the dwayne shall meet. >> that is classic president buchanan isolation. we are not going to draw a line. we can't withdraw from the world. the danish cartoon was the we have tried very, very hard and i think we have been successful at the federal reserve to be nonpartisan and apolitical and we make our decisions based entirely on the
this is a huge issue for the united states. we do not have allies in that part of the region and we need them. >> do you think that we could become isolationists by reason of this worldwide phenomenon? if that is what it is? >> we cannot afford to lose that region, in this sense. >> no. >> john we've lost it. antiamericanism is pandemic throughout that region. the polls show americans are disliked, detested, hated. >> that is not new. >> but what i'm saying...
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there are also salafists who don't want a relationship with the united states. gwen: you just hit on something important which is at the beginning of the week you saw the president having to make a phonon call to netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, and at the end of the week having to make a phone call to mursi, another difficult relationship. theoretically, both allies. how difficult was this for the white house to juggle? >> i think it was really difficult for them because here we have a white house that really sort of tip-toed its way through the arab spring and tried to be on the side of the ghontors but not too much and sort of tried to balance that out and i think kind of felt like they had gotten through it and all of a sudden we're back there today. this is also a president, keep in mind, who went to cairo in 2009 and said he wanted a new start with the arab world and the muslim world, you know, forget the, i mean bad things have happened in the past and here we are at the dawn of a new day. here we see now anti-american protests throughout the region
there are also salafists who don't want a relationship with the united states. gwen: you just hit on something important which is at the beginning of the week you saw the president having to make a phonon call to netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, and at the end of the week having to make a phone call to mursi, another difficult relationship. theoretically, both allies. how difficult was this for the white house to juggle? >> i think it was really difficult for them because here we...